Rolls-Royce: FTSE 100 giant now worth £100bn September 29, 2025 FTSE 100 giant Rolls-Royce is now worth more than £100bn after its share price continued its remarkable rise. The Derby-headquartered group passed the milestone for the first time in its 121-year history on Friday before slipping back. Now, shares in Rolls-Royce have risen again and surpassed 1,191p, giving the company a valuation of more than [...]
Startups tell Labour to snatch talent ‘displaced’ by Trump’s H-1B fee September 23, 2025 An entrepreneur campaign group backed by executives at top UK businesses has urged the Labour government to re-design its Global Talent visa to take innovators “displaced” by President Trump’s radical changes to the H-1B visa. The Startup Coalition has urged Home Office officials to change its Global Talent visa to help individuals re-locate from the [...]
Rolls-Royce shares hit yet another record high August 4, 2025 Shares in FTSE 100 giant Rolls-Royce have hit yet another all-time high, giving the company a £90bn valuation for the first time in its history. Shares in the Derby-headquartered group are changing hands for a new record of around 1,090p this morning after rising by over two per cent in early trades. The increase means [...]
Rolls-Royce: FTSE 100 shares spike as expectations beaten July 31, 2025 Shares in Rolls-Royce have spiked after the FTSE 100 giant revealed better-than-expected interim results. The Derby-headquartered group confirmed its underlying pre-tax profit had jumped from £1.03bn to £1.68bn in the first six months of its financial year while its underlying operating profit grew by 50 per cent from £1.14bn to £1.73bn. Rolls-Royce’s underlying revenue rose [...]
Rolls-Royce: FTSE 100 giant raises profit guidance after £1bn boost July 31, 2025 Rolls-Royce has raised its profit guidance after a “strong start to the year” which saw its revenue surge by almost £1bn. The FTSE 100 giant has reported an underlying pre-tax profit of £1.68bn for the first six months of its financial year, up from the £1.03bn it posted for the same period in 2024. New [...]
Wood Group likely to recommend takeover sparking delisting fears July 28, 2025 London-listed engineering and consulting firm Wood Group said it is likely to recommend a takeover by Middle Eastern-based privately owned company Sidara sparking another potential delisting from the London Stock Exchange. Wood said on Monday that Sidara, formerly known as Dar Al-Handasah, had expressed interest in acquiring the group with a 35p per share deal. [...]
Rolls-Royce: How high could FTSE 100 giant’s shares go? May 24, 2025 Rolls-Royce, the British icon which has become a darling of the FTSE 100 post-pandemic, is showing no signs of disappointing investors as its market capitalisation passed the £70bn mark for the first time in its history. The milestone means that long-term investors are also guaranteed a huge return if they ever decided to sell, but [...]
Diploma: Shares in FTSE 100 firm rocket after profit upgrade May 20, 2025 Shares in FTSE 100 firm Diploma rocketed on Tuesday after the firm upgraded full-year guidance and delivered a strong performance for the first six months of its financial year. In its half-year report, the company, which distributes specialised technical products and services, noted a 14 per cent jump in revenue to £728.5m. Organic revenue growth [...]
Smiths Group: Shares jumps as demerger on track May 20, 2025 British engineering firm Smiths Group posted a boost to revenue in the third quarter as it progressed on demerger plans. The group’s revenue jumped 10.6 per cent on the back of “strong performance and momentum in the order book”. Shares in the group rose over two per cent to 2,100p during early trading on Tuesday. [...]
Rolls-Royce: FTSE 100 shares reach record high as £70bn valuation nears May 16, 2025 Shares in Rolls-Royce have achieved a new record high as the FTSE 100 giant edges closer to being worth £70bn. The Derby-headquartered group finished trading on Thursday, 15 May, with a share price of 816p, 4p higher than its previous record which it set on 19 March. The total means that Rolls-Royce ended the day [...]